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When the customer is wrong, make it right
No matter if the customer is wrong or right, a concerned customer should motivate you to…
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Getting up close and personal with customers on Facebook Messenger
Everlane is an online-only retailer known for their “radical transparency”—a value system they doggedly put into…
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Phone support do's and don'ts
In the world of customer service, voice support still holds steady as a channel that customers…
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Talk it out: introducing Advanced Voice, our new phone support product
In a world where customer relationships can make or break your business, it’s important that your…
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Don't let bad phone support get in the way of a good relationship
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The best hold music since 'Careless Whisper'
Most companies' hold music is unlistenable. Here's how to make yours better.
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Break the fourth wall to transform customer experience
By breaking the fourth wall, businesses can pull people close to the brand, its mission and…
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Writing condolences for a coworker
Writing condolences isn’t easy, especially for a coworker, but don’t be so afraid of writing the…
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Go from Outlook email to Zendesk ticket in a flash
The new Zendesk add-in for Microsoft Outlook enables anyone in an organization to create a new…
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Angry at work — how to get mad the right way
We've all been angry at work. Take a look at how to use that anger to enact positive change in the office. It's possible to be mad and stay professional.
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Chat Tags: a new way to read between the lines of your customer conversations
Live chat interactions are a treasure trove of actionable data about your customers. Zopim's new Chat…
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Community Tip: Create automated public follow-up for tickets in a Pending state
There is now a way to create an automated public follow-up for tickets in a Pending…
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Tip of the week: Including 0 values in Insights reports
This tip of the week covers how to include 0 values in Insights reports. To do…
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Welcome BIME Analytics Team to the Zendesk Family
We are excited to announce that we have acquired the company and team behind the award-winning…
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Innovate your customer service with embedded support
Digital customers no longer accept being treated like transactions instead of people. Thus, the growing demand…
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The shameful trend of public shaming: a Q&A with author Jon Ronson
Is it okay to humiliate another human being—someone you only know from a single Twitter post?…
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Not feeling it? Learn how to navigate the roadblocks to empathy
Science (and perhaps experience) tells us empathy is on the decline. But how much do we really know about empathy? Where does it live in the brain, and is it inherent to all people, or only to some? Can our capacity for empathy be enlarged?
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